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Councillor Martin Veal (Cons, Bathavon North), B&NES' cabinet member for community services, said: "Fidget spinners are new and currently very popular among young people. We want to ensure that when using these devices that young people are safe.

"Our Trading Standards Officers have been looking at some of the spinners on sale and found them to have very small and dangerous parts, so for public safety it’s only right that they be withdrawn from sale.

"Anyone buying a fidget spinner should purchase it from a reputable trader and ensure the safety warnings can be clearly seen on the packaging.”

The council’s trading standards officers are now working with the fidget spinner sellers to trace the supply chain and identify the importers so that the dangers to children identified can be addressed.